Keyscript Shorthand

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1. The Consonants



101. The consonants in Keyscript are all written phonetically (ie, by sound). Consonants are the same as in English, except that:


c is not used for any 's' or 'k' sounds. It is used for 'ch', e.g.

cheap = cp


g is used only for hard 'g', as in 'gate'


h is used for 'th' (as well as for 'h'), e.g. thin = hn; though = h

h is omitted before 'm', 'l' or 'r' in words of one syllable, e.g.

home = m; whole = l; here = r


j is written for soft 'g', e.g. gin = jn

also for 'French j - zh', e.g. menage = mnj

j is used for 'sh', e.g. shock = jk


etc, etc


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